Lemizh / English dictionary
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làb.
to make flowers (small, herbaceous flowering plants)
Usage notes
lèb. ‘one producing flowers’ and lìb. ‘one turned into a flower’ are popular pet names for girls because of the phonetical similarity with lèwb., lìwb. ‘girlfriend’.
Etymology
< NLem leb‑a
< LMLem lèb‑ar
< MLem leeb‑ar ‘flower(ing plant)’
< OLem lēb‑ ‘fascinate, charm’
< PLem *lewb‑ ‘confuse’, Narten present of
< PIE *leu̯bʰ‑ ‘love; infatuate, confuse’
doublet of làwb.
Cognates
Eng love, Lat libet ‘it is pleasing’